A Nigerian woman, Kate Bassey, who is battling cancer, has stated that fashion and beauty are her love language, and she would like everyone to show up well dressed for her Service of Songs and funeral.
She made this known in a Facebook post on Thursday, reacting to what she called 'mourning police' — individuals who criticized guests over their fashionable appearance at the late actor Alex Ekubo's Service of Songs.
Weighing into the debate, Kate said that people appearing wretched would not raise the dead from the casket.
She emphasized that her ceremony should reflect her love for fashion and beauty.
"When I die, I would definitely want everyone at my service of songs and funeral to dress and show up well dressed," she wrote. "It doesn't mean you are not mourning me or love me. Fashion and beauty is my love language and death should not change that.
"Even if you appear wretched with tired, swollen eyes… It won't raise me from the casket (except a miracle happens). So yeah, preferably… Come correct! Dress well and give me your last respect looking the way you would love to look when hugging me one last time.
"If you don't feel up to it, I guess it's ok too. I just don't appreciate the 'dragging' that comes from 'mourning police' whenever a person dies. Express grief however you deem necessary."
